Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-11-14


H. fresh southerly shifting to westerly wind
ENRAGED AUDIENCE.-For several
rset ills have been posted about the
uS ,i,. uncing that an individual named
ca, wonid give to Alexandria novel on
iertaipment in the shape of a spiritualistic
saance at Lannon's Opera House last night.
Sncb performances are rare in Alexandria
and generally condemned from the pulpit,
nd many kept away whose curiosity would
sara led them to stake in" the exhibition
Nd il no. come under ecclesiastical inter
,c,joo There was large~assemblage MOI
"a,,,b.,snding, and by the time the seance
w.. 20 begin the hall was full, almost 10
oge,dawng. The audience grew FESTIVE as
,bs hour for beginning the performance
J.a,y on. ard eat calls, shrill whistling and
dsshniag stamping upon the floor turned the
an iirorlum into pandemoniun, rendering
,.,,,,sfs vino bad absented themselves from
o,'n,cb 10 satisfy their curiosity regarding
~. shirt world exceedingly uncomfortable.
Two nrooyamme was filed with wonders
rb,cb il WAS asserted would be witnessed,
many calculated to throw the exploits of the
,ri.rn Of Endor into the shade, but when the
..,rof.ssor" got to work il soon became ap.
o,rsnt that his knowledge OF the spirit
woFld was exceedingly limited and his
.,;,irksn were about as deXterous!y perform
those OF stage struck Juveniles in cellar
sb,ys He asked for committee from the
audience to file on she stage TO witness the
na,formance ana see thar no deception was
nrscticet, and two o: the audience accepted
the invitation Eddy opened the seance
with the old ,ine Standing OF the iakir, and
,yas tied TO q chair by tho committee in tine
cabinet which he erected on the stage. AT
tar some weird music aud ho;ribls sounds
the professor" emerged in the full glare of
tbe lipht q free men. He Was again tied
srd loo enod himself Then he poured
..wjnen and water from the same pitcher.
The atar act 0; the evening was the lifting OF
alnble from the s;age, which WAS accom-
nli.bsd by the combined strength of ,he
"orofe.sor" and mis- Il 10 bodied assistant
Thea tic professor and his acCompice
sneaktd OIL the :sge leaving the Suiied nu
Iience dumbtoundtd. The rage grew TO
ury a4 they descended to the street 4
crowd numbering 500 collected AZ The Pat
street exit ari eagerly awaited the a'riva
AZ the mou;.tt hank. In half en- hour 81
came srniiirsv oui. and was Mortified . he
nresence Of the crowd and us yeiis uirage AZ
him. Suddenly cue OF the crowd maic
plunpe for him, bat he "aS protecled oy
Two policc oificeis. who, with drawn Cubs
held the crowd ~ bay TIE alleged pe, !,
sor and his assistant were .htu scored
down the street by the police men, = CT ~
following with haots ana seEs and t5.tea'a
Of violence An ezpolicemHn .naGe Gp 10
the officer having the "proe-so.' !" ,o#
and handed hin 4 note from .aa> - :-m '2t
ordering the men under arrest. They were
escorted 20 the station, where they gave
their names "a John Eddy aud Z
r. Raymond. aud j their residence n
Boston. They were charged with Sd
taiuiug money under false p:eteacss
TIE accused were brought before the Mayor
At noon to day A large nnmter of Wit
n,s3t3 were present aid the Office va
crowded with spectators. The evidence
Vas very amusing, and the majority Of the
quilted ones seemed 10 think ;dey Lad got
lwenly five cents worth of iun GU. CT the
professor any how, aud were not clamorous
for the return Of the admission fee. The
M1yog said there wss DO city ordinance
applicable to the case bat tho State law i'm
posed tine Of two dollars on each and every
uiivdna convicted Of conducting business
olauy cta;acter on Sunday He therefore
imposed this fiue ttbe heaviest that could be
levied by ;Aw on Eddy and his companion,
and stated that had lie been apprised Of the
fact nat such Al exhibition had been coz.
ttinplated he would have intcrdicted it. he,
however, knew nothing about it until ten
o'clock He further stated that should such
performances be attempted on any future
Sunday night the lessees of the hall would
be held accountable.